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Leadership traits executive recruiters look for

CFO News

The average tenure for C-suite roles is approximately 4.9 years, and executive recruiters are often the first port of call for companies and leaders when searching for suitable candidates. When recruiting a new leader, one must ensure that they possess self-motivation, critical thinking, deep analytical thinking and the ability to learn continuously.

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Talent shortage frustrates internal auditors

CFO Dive

As AI swiftly extends the finance function’s potential for efficiency, audit leaders are concerned about the lack of skilled workers to support new advancements.

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A shock to lending standards

The Reformed Broker

This is it. The only chart you need to concern yourself with now if you’re trying to figure out where the economy is heading. Construction and Industrial (C&I) loans are a $2.8 trillion business (approximately) for banks all over the country. If they roll over, we have a soft landing. If they roll over hard, we have a hard landing. It’s not complicated, the only thing that’s up in the air is the tim.

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Datarails aims for ‘grounded’ ChatGPT-like FP&A tool

CFO Dive

The tech company’s goal is to provide CFOs with a tool in the style of the popular ChatGPT service, but without some of the same accuracy and data privacy challenges.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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FP&A is the sexiest job in finance

Fpanda Club

FP&A is the sexiest job in finance… While this may seem like an overstatement, FP&A positions are becoming incredibly popular and sought-after. Many finance professionals are starting to feel that they are too focused on historical data, reporting, compliance, etc. Moving into FP&A from other fields of finance, such as accounting and audit, has recently become very trendy.

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Accelerate Research With The Right ERP for Research Organizations

Navigator SAP

With the growing competition in the business world, companies are constantly under pressure to enhance the quality of their products and services while simultaneously improving their competitiveness. This is why so many companies staff internal research departments or work closely with external Research Organizations to develop new and improved products.

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Climate change shareholder proposals trending toward record

CFO Dive

Debate has flared in recent months over whether businesses and institutional investors should use ESG criteria when making decisions.

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How Marketing With The CFP Marks Reduces Client Acquisition Costs And Accelerates Revenue Growth

Nerd's Eye View

When consumers shop around before buying a good or service, many factors can play a role in their final decision, from previous experiences to the recommendations of friends and even to the companies’ branding. And when it comes to how a consumer perceives a brand, there are three critical components that come into play: brand awareness (simply knowing that the brand exists), recognition (recognizing a brand for its unique components and features), and brand equity (the value associated wi

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FASB issues lease standards update

CFO Dive

The changes to lease accounting standards (Topic 842) provide narrowly targeted relief for some companies grappling with the guidance from 2016.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Kamdhenu Group CFO targets 20% growth in steel business for FY24

CFO News

Harish Kumar Agarwal expects to close the current financial year with a brand sales turnover of Rs 20,000 crore, banks on franchise route to grow capacity to 50 lakh tonnes.

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New FDI rules in the Benelux: a brief analysis from a Law and Economics perspective

Corporate Finance Lab

On November 30 2022, the Belgian federal government and the governments of the federated entities adopted the cooperation agreement on the Belgian foreign direct investment screening mechanism. The draft text has now been submitted to the various parliaments for approval and should enter into force on June 1, 2023. This adds Belgium to the list of EU Member States that have recently tightened their rules on foreign direct investment (FDI).

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Adapt. Automate. Accelerate.

CFO News

Tech solutions today aim not just to simplify processes but to automate them, impacting how we work, innovate, and perceive the industry altogether.

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Rein in rogue spending by automating accounts payable

Future CFO

As businesses usher in a new year, the uncertain economic climate has dampened some of the enthusiasm that spurred the first months of the post-pandemic recovery. While efforts to streamline the business often focus on cutting resources like budgets and headcount, organisations should also shine a light on what is typically a blind spot – rogue spending.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Government likely to extend PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline; may charge late fee

CFO News

Currently, the last date for linkage of PAN-Aadhaar is March 31, 2023. However, the government is likely to extend the deadline by another two-three months. The Central Board of Direct Taxes could issue a notification to this effect soon, a government official, privy to the development, told ET.

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Investment planning: Sustainability metrics to be CFO’s standard practice by 2026

Future CFO

When it comes to investment planning, the majority of public companies will update their methodologies to include sustainability metrics as a key part of their return on investment (ROI) analysis by 2026, said Gartner recently. The shift from viewing sustainability solely as a source of risk management to a new driver of returns will be transformative for many companies, the advisory firm noted.

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Adani seeks more time to pay ACC, Ambuja debt

CFO News

The Adani Group is seeking to renegotiate the terms of outstanding loans worth $4 billion taken in August last year for the acquisition of its cement assets - ACC and Ambuja Cements - from Switzerland-based Holcim group, said multiple sources aware of the ongoing negotiations.

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Net working capital: the basics, how to calculate, and how to improve

Cube Software

There are SO many ways to get a snapshot of your company's financial health.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.

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India Inc's Q1 hiring intent slips 4%: Report

CFO News

According to the survey, which covered over 800 small, medium and large companies in 14 industries, 64% of the firms plan to increase their manpower resource pool in Q1 of FY24, down from 68% in Q4 FY23 as companies turn more cautious about their hiring plans.

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CapEx vs. OpEx: the difference between these types of expenditures

Cube Software

Cash for today, or growth for tomorrow?

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SC dismisses DRI's petition against three Adani group subsidiaries

CFO News

Between November 2022 and January 2023, the federal agency had moved the apex court against the relief granted to three firms namely : Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd (APML), Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd (APRL) and Maharashtra Eastern Grid Power Transmission Company Limited (MEGPTCL) by CESTAT.

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#246 – Becoming a Treasurer Series, Part 25: Languages of Finance: Controllers

Strategic Treasurer

Episode 246 Becoming a Treasurer Series, Part 24: Languages of Finance: Controllers In the Language of Finance sub-series of the Becoming a Treasurer series, we will look into different terms that should be understood in order to communicate effectively with the rest of your treasury team and with others. In this episode, Craig Jeffery and Jason Campbell discuss some important questions regarding controllers.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.

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Ecommerce companies face fresh trouble as government may ban related party sales

CFO News

The Consumer Affairs Ministry is leading the latest round of deliberations which were held earlier this month, sources added. There has also been an inter-ministerial discussion with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( MeitY).

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Relentlessness whistleblowing: CFO Sarika Lakraj-Naidoo’s multidecade struggle

CFO Talks

Written by Staff Writer Sarika Lakraj-Naidoo, has been whistleblowing on matters related to the City of Johannesburg since 2009. Sarika, CFO of the Public Safety Department at the City of Johannesburg, shared in a #CFOClubConvo webinar the backlash, intimidation, and systemic issues she faces in her efforts to safeguard taxpayers’ money The persistence of Sarika’s whistleblowing Sarika has been in the news recently for her latest disclosure of 12 criminal matters reported internally to SAPS an

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TCS screening candidates for C-suite rejig ahead

CFO News

Four-five executives shortlisted to head BFSI vertical; Harrick Vin may bag CTO’s role; three in fray for COO job

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Transcript: Dominique Mielle

Barry Ritholtz

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Dominique Mielle, Damsel in Distressed , is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , YouTube , and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ ANNOUNCER: This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.